Brad’s Local Favourites

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Brad’s Local Favourites

Food scene

This is a fantastic restaurant for the carnivores out there. With a wide variety of dishes on offer, Waterbar will provide a fantastic meal with a great view of the Cairns marina.
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Waterbar & Grill Steakhouse
1 Pier Point Rd
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This is a fantastic restaurant for the carnivores out there. With a wide variety of dishes on offer, Waterbar will provide a fantastic meal with a great view of the Cairns marina.
If you're heading to Lillipad, pack your appetite. These guys do a mighty big meal and very reasonably priced. The local favourite here is the brekky burrito!
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The Lillipad Cafe
72 Grafton St
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If you're heading to Lillipad, pack your appetite. These guys do a mighty big meal and very reasonably priced. The local favourite here is the brekky burrito!
Feeling Italian? This is the best Italian in Cairns. Don't forget to check out the daily specials board!
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La Fettuccina Restaurant
41 Shields St
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Feeling Italian? This is the best Italian in Cairns. Don't forget to check out the daily specials board!
Great little café in the bustling area of Edge Hill just a short walk through the centenary lakes from our apartment. Highly recommend the afternoon happy hour tapas and cocktails!
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NOA Eat Drink Share
1 Pyne St
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Great little café in the bustling area of Edge Hill just a short walk through the centenary lakes from our apartment. Highly recommend the afternoon happy hour tapas and cocktails!
This is certainly a local favourite when it comes to Asian food. Only a 10 minute walk from our apartment, dine in at this little restaurant for an amazing meal.
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Samgasat Thai Cuisine
271 Pease St
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This is certainly a local favourite when it comes to Asian food. Only a 10 minute walk from our apartment, dine in at this little restaurant for an amazing meal.
Great little café only 200m away from our apartment.
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Cafe Matteo
78 Anderson St
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Great little café only 200m away from our apartment.
This is a beautiful café situated right on the wharf of Cairns. With phenomenal views across the Cairns Inlet and the mountain backdrop, this is a perfect stop for a coffee or lunch. You'll also keep the kids entertained with a playground adjoining the café.
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Wharf ONE Cafe
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This is a beautiful café situated right on the wharf of Cairns. With phenomenal views across the Cairns Inlet and the mountain backdrop, this is a perfect stop for a coffee or lunch. You'll also keep the kids entertained with a playground adjoining the café.
If you're a seafood lover, this is your spot. Enjoy freshly caught seafood while sat on a trawler boat right moored right in the marina of Cairns. Beautiful for a sunset drink and meal.
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Prawn Star
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If you're a seafood lover, this is your spot. Enjoy freshly caught seafood while sat on a trawler boat right moored right in the marina of Cairns. Beautiful for a sunset drink and meal.

Sightseeing

An easy 30 minute drive south of Cairns and you'll come to the beautiful Behana Gorge. From the carpark at the end of the road, you're on foot from here. The walk right to the end is certainly a test of your fitness, however there are a lot of beautiful swimming spots to jump into the water along the way. Allow 1 hour each way from the carpark to the falls. https://www.cairnsattractions.com.au/explore/self-drive/behana-gorge-a-cairns-attraction.425.html
Behana Gorge Road
Behana Gorge Road
An easy 30 minute drive south of Cairns and you'll come to the beautiful Behana Gorge. From the carpark at the end of the road, you're on foot from here. The walk right to the end is certainly a test of your fitness, however there are a lot of beautiful swimming spots to jump into the water along the way. Allow 1 hour each way from the carpark to the falls. https://www.cairnsattractions.com.au/explore/self-drive/behana-gorge-a-cairns-attraction.425.html
Beautiful freshwater flowing down from the mountains makes Crystal Cascades a local favourite for swimming holes. Only 15 minutes from town makes this a perfect cooling off spot.
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Mga Crystal Cascades
Redlynch Intake Road
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Beautiful freshwater flowing down from the mountains makes Crystal Cascades a local favourite for swimming holes. Only 15 minutes from town makes this a perfect cooling off spot.
Don't like travelling on boats? See all the beautiful marine life of the Great Barrier Reef right here in air conditioned comfort. You can even stay for lunch with the Dundees Restaurant attached to the Aquarium.
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Cairns Aquarium
5 Florence St
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Don't like travelling on boats? See all the beautiful marine life of the Great Barrier Reef right here in air conditioned comfort. You can even stay for lunch with the Dundees Restaurant attached to the Aquarium.
For a great view of the city while getting the body moving, enjoy a hike up through the red and blue arrows of Mount Whitfield. Only an easy 10 minute walk from our apartment, you'll love getting back to nature on this little hike.
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Blue Arrow Circuit Aeroglen Lookout
Collins Avenue
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For a great view of the city while getting the body moving, enjoy a hike up through the red and blue arrows of Mount Whitfield. Only an easy 10 minute walk from our apartment, you'll love getting back to nature on this little hike.

Bar

This is a fantastic little local secret. Head to Macalisters Brewery for one of their phenomenal beers while overlooking the sugar cane fields of North Queensland.
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Macalister Brewing Company
6 Danbulan St
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This is a fantastic little local secret. Head to Macalisters Brewery for one of their phenomenal beers while overlooking the sugar cane fields of North Queensland.
Beautiful for an afternoon drink on the waterfront of Cairns. Salt House also does a variety of delicious food, from bar specials, a pizza house and a full dining restaurant.
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Salt House
2 Pier Point Rd
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Beautiful for an afternoon drink on the waterfront of Cairns. Salt House also does a variety of delicious food, from bar specials, a pizza house and a full dining restaurant.
For a local favourite for a beer on the waterfront, get in for the happy hour $5 pints from 5-7pm.
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The Pier Bar
1 Pier Point Rd
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For a local favourite for a beer on the waterfront, get in for the happy hour $5 pints from 5-7pm.
Fantastic spot for a local drink on the waterfront of Cairns.
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Hemingway's Brewery Cairns Wharf
Wharf Street
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Fantastic spot for a local drink on the waterfront of Cairns.

Cairns Beaches

Palm Cove is one of Cairns's treasures. Located only 30 minutes north of the city, Palm Cove is lined with cafes and restaurants with something to suit everyone. Take a walk out along the pier for some fantastic views back along the coast.
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Palm Cove
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Palm Cove is one of Cairns's treasures. Located only 30 minutes north of the city, Palm Cove is lined with cafes and restaurants with something to suit everyone. Take a walk out along the pier for some fantastic views back along the coast.
If you're looking for a beautiful beach in Cairns without the crowds, head to Trinity Beach. Still with options for food and drink on the waterfront, you'll find Trinity Beach the less commercial beach getaway for Cairns visitors and locals.
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Trinity Beach
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If you're looking for a beautiful beach in Cairns without the crowds, head to Trinity Beach. Still with options for food and drink on the waterfront, you'll find Trinity Beach the less commercial beach getaway for Cairns visitors and locals.

Neighbourhoods

Located only a 10 minute walk from our apartment, Collins Avenue in Edge Hill is home to a selection of beautiful cafes. For the active souls out there, take a hike up the red or blue arrow as you climb though the rainforest with your heart pumping. For the plant lovers, take a stroll through the Botanical Gardens with a fantastic array of tropical plants. Bordering onto the Botanical Gardens is Centenary Lakes. Take a stroll through bamboo forests and take in the views of North Queenslands estuary mangroves. With something for everyone, there's lots to do in the beautiful area of Edge Hill.
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Edge Hill
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Located only a 10 minute walk from our apartment, Collins Avenue in Edge Hill is home to a selection of beautiful cafes. For the active souls out there, take a hike up the red or blue arrow as you climb though the rainforest with your heart pumping. For the plant lovers, take a stroll through the Botanical Gardens with a fantastic array of tropical plants. Bordering onto the Botanical Gardens is Centenary Lakes. Take a stroll through bamboo forests and take in the views of North Queenslands estuary mangroves. With something for everyone, there's lots to do in the beautiful area of Edge Hill.
Enjoy a day on the Cairns Esplanade. With plenty of things to do for the whole family, you'll find the Lagoon for swimming, a bike and walking path for some light exercise, and wide selection of restaurants and cafes to keep you planning your next meal.
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Esplanade
Esplanade
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Enjoy a day on the Cairns Esplanade. With plenty of things to do for the whole family, you'll find the Lagoon for swimming, a bike and walking path for some light exercise, and wide selection of restaurants and cafes to keep you planning your next meal.
Tucked up in the rainforest of Cairns, Kuranda is a beautiful little village for a days excursion. You can reach Kuranda by road with an easy 30 minute drive up the range. Alternatively, you can take the very scenic Kuranda train from the centre of Cairns, or travel up on the Skyrail Cable Car for fantastic views across the Cairns waterfront. You will an abundance of activities in Kuranda from their historic local markets, the Australian butterfly sanctuary, Birdworld with a fantastic array of native Australian birds, and also the Koala Gardens where you can cuddle a Koala and hand feed wallabies. This is certainly a must do when visiting Cairns.
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Kuranda
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Tucked up in the rainforest of Cairns, Kuranda is a beautiful little village for a days excursion. You can reach Kuranda by road with an easy 30 minute drive up the range. Alternatively, you can take the very scenic Kuranda train from the centre of Cairns, or travel up on the Skyrail Cable Car for fantastic views across the Cairns waterfront. You will an abundance of activities in Kuranda from their historic local markets, the Australian butterfly sanctuary, Birdworld with a fantastic array of native Australian birds, and also the Koala Gardens where you can cuddle a Koala and hand feed wallabies. This is certainly a must do when visiting Cairns.